I'm having problems getting a GUI up with a fresh rc5 build. I've got Xfree installed and working. I can run startx and get a barebones X session with a few xterms displayed.

Now I'm trying to get gnome installed, but get this
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plonk ~ $ emerge gnome
Calculating dependencies -
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy ">=gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.4" have been masked.
!!! (dependency required by "gnome-base/gnome-2.4" [ebuild])